It seems improbable from the surface: With all the thousands of square feet of soil, what are the odds that two 6-inch pipes would get in each others’ way?
Yet, for such a seemingly unlikely situation, the potential danger of a cross bore is severe.
The ground is getting more and more crowded with buried utilities. With everything from fiber optics, communication lines, natural gas, sewer, water, and electrical lines going into the ground, the odds of running into a problem aren’t as slim as one might think.
“In the majority of instances, you don’t have any records on private property. Your typical
